FARM ORGANIZATION" IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
to the area. The cows also provide productive employment for 
labor during the winter months, when little or no crop work can be 
Numbers of Livestock in Cottonwood County and Prices of Livestock Products, 1872-1920 
SHEEP 
NUMBER 
27,000 
24,000 
2 1,000 
I 8,000 
I 5,000 
I 2,000 
9.000 
6.000 
3,000 
No. of Sheep 
m Cottonwood Co.,MinnC\ 
1 1 r-\ 
Price of Ohio 
_JVashed Wool at Eastern 
•"•^•x Markets \ 
— >* +*jZJ k 
NUMBER 
55,000 
50,000 
45,000 
40,000 
35.000 
1 
A 
1 ) 
-l—A 
if 
H 
/ 
1 
i 
*~i*r 
Price of Hogs in Chicago-. 
''if 
20.000 
! 5.000 
| 
K*V- 
^-" 
1 bO 
No.ofh 
'ogs in C 
oftonwoc 
id Co.,Minn\ / 
5,000 
O. 
^r 
r-T^ffT, , , 
- 
CtNTS 
PER LB. 
CENTS 
PER LB. 
16 
96 
14 
84 
12 
72 
10 
60 
8 
48 
6 
36 
4 
24 
2 
1 Z 

HOGS 
CENTS PER LB. 
13.75 
NUMBER 
27,500 
25.000 
22,500 
20,000 
1 7,500 
L 5.000 
1 2.500 
1 0,000 
1 
^V 
y^ 
-7S 
Price 
of Beef 
Steers in Chi cage 
» 
CJt 
t 
«*._.. 
\s 
iy tn,^ - 
*&■* 
5.000 
2.500 
0. 
j-^\ 
- 1 _ 
^^\ 
^No. of "Other Cattle" in ( 
?ottonwo 
od Co.,/ 
'linn. 
■ J ...lv.,. 
. i i i 
_J_L1 J— 
1 1 1 1 
UMBER 
-^J-— s 
2.500 
7.500 
C. Price < 
if Buffer/of in New York 
- 1 .*«^ 1 
.->" 
/ 
T i*^-* 
sc^T- 
— • 
2.500 
0- 
l US Jl 
\*^~ 
| 
i err 
^\ No. of Cows in Cottonwood Co., Minn. 
.... 
..Mi 
1880 1885 
8.75 
7.50 
6.25 
5.00 
3.75 
2.50 
1.25 

BEEF 
CENTS PER LB, 
13.75 
1250 
11.25 
10.00 
8. 7 5. 
7.50 
6.25 
5.00 
3.7 5 
2.50 
1.25 
o 
BUTTER FAT 
CENTS PER LB. 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
I 

Fit 
4.— Five-year moving~averages. Sheep'grazing during the early years has been followed 
by production of beef cattle and hogs, and some dairying 
done. These factors have no doubt been of much importance in 
the expansion of the dairy and mixed-cattle enterprise in the area. 
